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Wind And Gravity Create Hauntingly Beautiful Snow Formations In Iceland
Employees at the golf course Keilir were greeted with an unusual sight yesterday, when they arrived to find the snow-covered course was dotted with many snow rolls. Two photographs from the scene were posted on Facebook along with the status, “These wind-turned…
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VIDEO: First Snow Of 2019 In Reykjavik
We’ve spent the past month or so complaining that winter would pass us by this year; that obviously autumn was going to chug right along through the New Year and into spring. Well, the weekend proved us wrong, as the first snow…
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A “Red Christmas” For Iceland This Year. But Why A Red Christmas?
This year it looks likely that there will be no snow in Iceland for Christmas, a situation the locals call “a red Christmas”. Why red, and not some other colour? Fréttablaðið spoke with Daníel Þorláksson, a meteorologist with the Icelandic Met Office,…
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PHOTOS: Reykjavik FINALLY Blessed With Snowfall
Apparently the weather goddess heard our incessant whining, as she has finally blessed Iceland’s capital area with beautiful snow. As reported, Akureyri was blanketed with a thick coat of pretty snow last weekend, which was certainly picturesque. But it also left those…
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Akureyri Buried In Snow, While Reykjavik Still Waits For Winter
While Iceland’s capital contends with high winds and little else wintery, Akureyri is a winter wonderland of snow as far as the eye can see. Those of us who live in Iceland’c capital city are a little bit envious of the “capital…
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Snow And Sleet Moving From East To West Across Iceland Today
You might want to exercise great caution if you’re thinking about traveling east today. RÚV reports that a storm is rolling in, starting in East Iceland. This will be a rain storm while out at sea, but once it reaches land, this…
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A Week Of Bizarre Weather Ahead In Iceland
It’s that time of year again when the weather Gods can’t make up their minds on what meteorological agents they should unleash on the country. Will there be sun? Will there be snow? Will there be rain? How about all at once?…
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Refugee Children See The Snow For The First Time
If their arrival to Iceland weren’t already a moment to cherish, the magical snowfall that welcomed the group of refugees arriving from Syria to the Westfjörds yesterday morning made it a truly memorable day. Local news outlet RÚV was there to record…
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Weather Warning: More Storms To Come!
Don’t get too used to today’s beautiful sunshine. Wind, rain and snow are about to make a comeback and it’s going to be painful. The Icelandic Met Office expects that tomorrow will bring dangerously strong winds in the capital area as well…
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Konudagur: Women’s Day In Iceland
As the winter months finally begin to fade towards a much-anticipated pseudo-spring, it’s once again time to celebrate Konudagur, or Women’s Day. But if you think this is the latest feminist addition to the Icelandic holiday-packed calendar, think again. In fact, while…
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Icelandic Postal Workers Plead With Public To Shovel & Salt Sidewalks
A recent spate of heavy snowfall has prompted the postal service to ask the general public to clear the way for letter carriers. Over the past week, Iceland has been dumped on by a great deal of snow, coupled with high winds…
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Warning: Storms Are Back, And Here To Stay
With the spectacle of the super blue moon to brighten up the early hours of yesterday morning and a similarly breathtaking, orange-tinged sunset today, we almost forgot we are in the middle of winter. Knowing how unforgiving the weather can be, however,…
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The Great Escape: A Luxurious Getaway At The Ion Adventure Hotel
Þingvallavatn, Iceland’s biggest lake, sits cradled in the snowy tundra 45 kilometres east of Reykjavík. Surrounded by mountains and dotted with islands, the shimmering water recedes into the hazy distance, semi-frozen in the depths of the Icelandic winter. Shards of ice clink…
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Photos: A Sunset Road Trip In The Snowy South
We took a drive down into the deep countryside of South Iceland this week to stay at the Ion Adventure Hotel, near Iceland’s biggest lake, Þingvallavatn. On the way there and back, we passed some wonderful snowy landscapes in the long dusk…
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Probability For A White Christmas High
If the Icelandic Met Office is to be believed (grain of salt and all that) we can expect a white Christmas across Iceland, reports Vísir. It has hardly escaped anyone’s attention that today has been warmer than lately, but this is not…
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Reykjavík’s First Snow – PHOTOS
Iceland’s capital got its first snowy day of autumn, so we hit the streets to photograph the soft beauty blanketing Reykjavík. Snow is much more common in the north and the east, while Reykjavík winters are best characterised by ice and wind.…
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Hundreds Of People Injured Post-Snowpocalypse
In the past few days Icelandic Ambulance Services have had to transfer over a hundred injured people to hospitals in the capital area daily, reports RÚV. Most of the calls are a result of pedestrians slipping and falling on the considerable ice…
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Photos: Reykjavík Gets Buried In Snow
A new record for snowfall for February in Reykjavík was set today, with some 52cm of snow dumping on Iceland’s capital overnight. The Grapevine hit the streets to see how Icelanders were responding to the unseasonable amount of snow. In the Hlíðar…
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Huskies Unchained: A Day Of Dog Sledding In Northern Iceland
I love dogs. Especially big ones. This canine affection was the main reason I was excited to go on a dog sledding trip in North Iceland. Little did I know that this trip would have so much more to offer than huskies.…
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Meteorologists Now Predict A Snowy Christmas
Previous forecasts about a snow-free Christmas have now been turned on their head, less than a week before Christmas itself. RÚV reports that most of Iceland should be covered with snow for Christmas Day. The northeast of the country, surprisingly, may actually…
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Meteorologists Predict: No Snow For Christmas
By all indications, last winter’s fluffy snowy wonderland will not be paying us another visit; at least, not in time for Christmas. “There’s just no cold in the cards for us,” meteorologist Árni Sigurðsson told Vísir. “I don’t know if one can…
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Snow Blanketing North And East Iceland
An avalanche warning has been issued for some parts of the country, as snow will continue to blanket the north and the east of Iceland. Vísir reports that high winds and snowfall will continue to sweep across the north and east in…
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The Icelandic “Spring” On Instagram: Winner Of This Week’s #GVPics
Spring is upon us, or so we thought. The country’s flowers had just started to bloom when the snow came and covered all of it. Winter’s back, and as beautiful as it may be, we hope it won’t stay for too long.…